WomenHeart Urges Women To Talk With Doctors About New Study Showing Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Deaths

WomenHeart urged women to talk with their doctors about heart disease risk factors in light of new research demonstrating the impact of statin therapy (cholesterol-lowering drugs) on cardiovascular events in women. The study, called JUPITER, found that statin therapy prevents heart attacks, strokes and deaths in women - even those with normal cholesterol levels and no signs of heart disease.

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Filed under: Statins on November 21st, 2008